{"product_id":"9781861890597","title":"Defining Features: Scientific and Medical Portraits, 1660-2000","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePortraiture as a genre is receiving increased attention at the same time that public curiosity about science is reaching unprecedented levels. Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 14 April – 17 September 2000, and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, from 27 September – 10 December 2000, \u003ci\u003eDefining Features\u003c\/i\u003e brings portraiture and science together.\u003cp\u003eLudmilla Jordanova's lucid text reflects on the nature of the relationship between art, science, medicine and technology by focusing on a selection of portraits that spans more than three centuries. Illustrated with likenesses of such notable personalities as Edward Jenner, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Dorothy Hodgkin, and encompassing a variety of media from paintings and medals to bookmarks and key rings, \u003ci\u003eDefining Features\u003c\/i\u003e charts changing attitudes towards medical practice and scientific investigation, as well as exploring how notions of gender, heroism, popularization and celebrity have affected the public's understanding of how researchers do their work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038927143152,"sku":"9781861890597","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861890597_p0.jpg?v=1763601075","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861890597","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}